Wizard Fire Update, Friday, October 3, 2008
Incident: Wizard Wildland Fire
Released: 10/3/2008
Friday, October 3, 2008 - 08:00 a.m.
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Tom Lavagnino - Incident Information Officer (541) 595-5842
www.inciweb.org/incident/1552/
Incident Command Post is located at the Allingham Guard Station, 2 miles north of Camp Sherman
Camp Sherman, OR --- Fire lines have been constructed around the entire perimeter of the fire and the burn-out operation along the west end, near Forest Service Road 14 was completed in the early morning hours yesterday. Crews will now focus their energies on mopping up the fire up to 300' from the firelines and up to 150' from Forest Service Road 14. The shape and size of the Wizard Fire should not change in the future if all conditions go according to the plan for containing and controlling the fire.
Periods of rain are expected to continue throughout Friday and the weekend, further cooling the fire area. Very few large trees were killed by the fire as a majority of the fire did not reach the crowns of the trees and burned with a low intensity near the forest floor. Given the success of the firefighting operation over the past several days, demobilization of resources is in progress and the fire camp at Allingham Guard Station will be dismantled by the end of the day Sunday.
Command for the fire will be turned over from the Oregon and California (ORCA) Type II Incident Management Team under the direction of Incident Commander Ken Paul to a Type III organization led by Allen Mitchell on Sunday morning.
Road, trail and area closures around the fire area remain in effect but are being re-evaluated to determine when hunters, wood cutters and recreational users can return to the forest. The Allan Springs and Pioneer Ford Campgrounds are closed along with the portion of the Green Ridge Trail (#4025) that traverses the closure area. Please check the Deschutes National Forest website at www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon for the most current information and closure map.
